Active reading skills
Subtitle: reading and critical thinking in college
By: Kathleen T. McWhorter, Niagara County Community College, Brette McWhorter Sember
Contributors: Sember, Brette McWhorter, 1968-
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
ISBN-13: 9780205028436; 9780205028450
Subjects: College readers; Study and teaching; Reading; Reading (Higher education); Reading materials; Critical thinking; Active learning
Description: Based on the premise students learn best by doing, uses concise instruction, guided practice, and feedback to teach essential reading and thinking skills, and includes practice exercises, quizzes, and tests.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: College reading skills. Reading college textbooks: an active approach; title: Strengthening your vocabulary; title: Identifying and analyzing main ideas; title: Examining details and transitions; title: Working with implied main ideas; title: Organizing information; title: Examining basic patterns of organization; title: Examining comparison/contrast and cause/effect patterns; title: Critical reading skills. Making inferences and analyzing the author's purpose; title: Distinguishing fact from opinion; title: Analyzing tone and bias; title: Reading arguments; title: Student resource guide. Test taking, exit exams, and competency tests; title: Evaluating internet sources.